During this time, Pelicans guard C.J. McCollum took advantage of a missed floater by Irving and led a transition opportunity to find Trey Murphy III for a windmill alley-oop. Less than 10 seconds later, McCollum remixed the play and threw another lob to Murphy to give the Pelicans a six-point lead going into the half.

With the NBA trade deadline coming up on Feb. 6, one big mess in Miami has dominated much of the discussion. That's not the only storyline that could shape the second half of the season, though, so let's take a look at what else is going on.

Friday marks five years since Britain left the European Union at 11 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2020. People and businesses are still wrestling with the economic, social and cultural aftershocks

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Whenever we see a little separation in their ranks, the standings tighten again. So with apologies to Sacramento and Golden State — both 24-23 but tied for ninth behind too many rivals — here is a look at the eight West teams lined up behind Oklahoma City, with reasons why and why not they might climb as high as No. 2:

There will be at least 15 players who "start" at the All-Star Game this season. It's the first year of a new All-Star format, with three games. The 24 All-Stars will be drafted into three teams of eight players apiece by TNT personalities and former NBA greats Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith.

Last night, forward PJ Washington and center Daniel Gafford each had career outings, and the Mavericks needed every bit of each performance to beat New Orleans,

All-Star snubs, at least not outside a couple of cases. Even so, with the NBA as talented as it is these days, there were still some very high-level players who failed to earn All-Star honors this year.

Rockets center Alperen Sengun was named as an NBA All-Star, the first Houston player to be selected for the All-Star Game in five years. This will be the first All-Star Game appearance for the 22-year-old Sengun,

Washington racked up 25 points (10-20 FG, 4-7 3Pt, 1-1 FT), 14 rebounds, eight assists and one block across 38 minutes during Wednesday's 137-136 victory over New Orleans.

The Dallas Mavericks were on the wrong end of a bad call in their last trip to the Big Easy exactly two weeks ago.

No Ja Morant, no problem for the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night. With their star out because of a foot injury, the Grizzlies exploded in the third quarter to pull away from the San Antonio ...